Question

Discuss the salient features of the citizenship act 1955

Answer 1

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$<u>$BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows"-

 

               

1.Short title

.-  This Act may be called the citizenship Act, 1955.

 

               

2.Interpretation

.- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

 

                                (a) "a Government in India" means the Central Government or a State Government;

 

                                (b) "citizen", in relation to a country specified in the First Schedule, means a person who, under the citizenship or nationality law for the time being in force in that country, is a citizen or national of that country;

 

                                (c) "citizenship or nationality law", in relation to a country specified in the First Schedule, means an enactment of the legislature of that country which, at the request of the Government of that country, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, have declared to be an enactment making provision for the citizenship or nationality of that country:

 

                                Provided that no such  notification shall be issued in relation to the Union of South Africa except with the previous approval of both Houses of Parliament;

 

                                (d) "Indian consulate" means the office of any consular officer of the Government of India where a register of births is kept, or where there is no such office, such office as may be prescribed;

 

                                (e) "minor" means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years;

 

                                (f) "person" does not include any company or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not;

 

                                (g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

 

                                (h) "undivided India" means India as defined in the government of India Act, 1935, as originally enacted.

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Answer 2

Answer:

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows"-

1.Short title

.- This Act may be called the citizenship Act, 1955.

2.Interpretation

.- (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,-

(a) "a Government in India" means the Central Government or a State Government;

(b) "citizen", in relation to a country specified in the First Schedule, means a person who, under the citizenship or nationality law for the time being in force in that country, is a citizen or national of that country;

(c) "citizenship or nationality law", in relation to a country specified in the First Schedule, means an enactment of the legislature of that country which, at the request of the Government of that country, the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, have declared to be an enactment making provision for the citizenship or nationality of that country:

Provided that no such notification shall be issued in relation to the Union of South Africa except with the previous approval of both Houses of Parliament;

(d) "Indian consulate" means the office of any consular officer of the Government of India where a register of births is kept, or where there is no such office, such office as may be prescribed;

(e) "minor" means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years;

(f) "person" does not include any company or association or body of individuals, whether incorporated or not;

(g) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(h) "undivided India" means India as defined in the government of India Act, 1935, as originally enacted.

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